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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"financial leverage"”.
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The Effect of Financial Leverage on Commercial Banks’ Profitability in Tanzania
… was to investigate the relationship between the financial leverage and commercial bank’s profitability in Tanzania. It made use of secondary data from audited financial statements of listed commercial banks at Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) since 2007 to 2013. Descriptive statistics was used …
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Cash-Flow Risks, Financial Leverage and the Cross Section of Equity Returns
What is the cross-sectional relationship between financial leverage and expected equity returns? How is the empirical relationship associated with firm's financial decisions? This dissertation investigates the potential explanations for the flatness relation between financial leverage and expected …
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An investigation of the effect of financial leverage on firm financial performance in Saudi Arabia's public listed companies
… more freely. However, new banks have entered the financial market, giving corporations more opportunity to borrow funds. Both fund resources (loan and equity) have experienced their own crises. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of the debt and equity mix, as measured by …
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An empirical investigation of the inter-relationships between systematic risk, financial leverage and operating leverage of industrial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… of which are of considerable interest to financial managers and investors alike. Analytical research has shown that beta is a positive function of a company's unlevered or asset beta and its market value debt to equity ratio (i.e. financial leverage). In turn, unlevered beta has been shown …
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An investigation of the determinants of firm's capital structure : the case of industrial firms listed on the JSE securities exchange
… size a trangibility have a postive effect on financial leverage, with the exception of the negative impact of tangibility when financial leverage is measured grossly with all liabilities. With this exception, the results on size and tangibility support the trade-off theory of capital structure.
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Impacts of Best Management Practices on Farm Financial Performance
… This study examined the relationship of financial leverage and management practices with financial performance on a group of Minnesota and Northwest farms. Management practices were classified into seven broad categories of management, namely strategic planning, financial management, …
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Analisis pengaruh return on asset, financial laverage, return on equity, earning per share, dan umur perusahaan terhadap underpricing saham: Studi pada perusahaan yang IPO di BEI periode 2008-2012
… variabel bebas yaitu (Return On Asset, Financial Leverage, Return On Equity, Umur Perusahaan, dan Earning per Share) berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap Underpricing saham. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan Fhitung > Ftabel (3,060 > 2,390). Namun uji secara individual (parsial) variabel yang …
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The Use of Financial Statements to Predict the Stock Market Effects of Systemic Crises
<p>The financial crisis of 2007-2009 had divesting effects around the globe. Many financial institutions and government officials failed to see the build up of problems predicting the crisis and hence failed to take actions to keep the crisis from breaking out. Thus, it is important to see if the …
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A comparison of optimum grain hedging strategies using commodity options and futures contracts: an application of portfolio theory
… given various location, crop mix, and levels of financial leverage. The study used portfolio theory where hedging strategies were simulated over time and minimum-variance hedge levels determined. Crop diversification and financial leverage were addressed using Quadratic Programming techniques. …
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LBO's, reverse LBO's, and the reduction of agency problems
Jensen (1986, 1989) claims that LBO (Leveraged Buyout) process is a mechanism to decrease agency problems and improve efficiency in firms where managers' interests are not properly aligned with those of the corporation. Characteristics of LBOs such as high levels of financial leverage and …
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The Role of Venture Capitalists in Monitoring Portfolio Companies
… of those venture capitalists? Does financial leverage matter for VC-backed companies? All of these questions are researched in this dissertation. The manuscript specifically explores two cases. The first is the role of U.S. venture capitalists after the IPO of their troubled …
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Cost management preferences of small restaurant firms
… five accounting ratios (ROE, ROA, Profit Margin, Financial Leverage and Asset Utilization) were used as dependent variables. Three independent variables, type of management, family-owned factor and ownership percentage were used as the sources of variance. The results from the analysis of variance …
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A re-examination of two major bankruptcy prediction models
… law in the 1970s; and (ii) the increased use of financial leverage in the 1980s. The first portion of this thesis reviews the bankruptcy prediction literature and discusses the change in U.S. bankruptcy law and capital structure. The evidence presented in this study indicates that business …
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Profitabilitas, likuiditas, laverage financial, ukuran perusahaan, kepemilikan publik, reputasi KAP dan ketepatan waktu pelaporan laporan keuangan perusahaan
… mengetahui yaitu profitabilitas, likuiditas, leverage financial, ukuran perusahaan, kepemilikan publik, dan reputasi KAP berpengaruh terhadap ketepatan waktu pelaporan laporan keuangan perusahaan. Populasi penelitian ini terdiri dari tujuh perusahaan asuransi yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek …
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Comparison of public and private water utility financial and management strategies
… used by each sector. This study compares the financial and management strategies of the public and private water utilities. The various strategies are presented through six case studies of public and private water utilities in the United States. Each study focuses on the capital investment …
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Reducing the redundancy of financial ratios and assessing the stability of financial patterns
The purpose of this study was to examine the financial patterns of Australian industrial firms along the lines of Pinches et al.’s (1973; 1975) study. The financial ratios used in prior Australian corporate failure studies were used to derive a reduced set of factors that was predictive of …
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Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi initial return saham pada penawaran umum perdata (IPO): Studi kasus saham konvensional dan saham syariah yang listing di BEI pada tahun 2009-2013
… yang mempengaruhi initial return variabel financial leverage dan ukuran perusahaan (size) dikarenakan pihak investor sangat mempertimbangkan kedua variabel tersebut dalam memilih investasi pada saham syariah. Sementara hasil dari uji hipotesis permasalahan kedua yang menggunakan uji beda …
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The impact of financial incentives on firm behavior
This dissertation analyzes the impact of various financial incentives on firm behavior. The first two chapters examine product-market and input-market effects of a firm's capital structure and the incentives they create. The third chapter analyzes how incentives from the tort system affect …
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